Welcome to 2014

Happy New Year, my lovelies!  I hope you survived the holiday madness without injury (physical or psychological) and that you're looking forward to a fantastic 2014.  I'm still trying to recover from the whirlwind that was Christmas, Noah's First Birthday, and my nephew's Bar Mitzvah all packed into the span of a week, so I'm hoping to be back to my old self by sometime in 2016.

Despite my bout with the flu that kept me bedridden until a few days before Christmas, I did manage to rally and, with the use of my Amazon Prime membership, get some packages under our tree.  I won't claim that they were all beautifully wrapped, but they made it here before Christmas and nothing had to be returned, so that's a win in my book (what can I say - my standards have lowered significantly since becoming a parent).

Herewith, a few photos from our holiday shenanigans:

Just chillin' in our festive pajamas on Christmas morning.  

For the record, I did, at one point in my life, wear sexy lingerie, but apparently I now dress like an oversized one year old.  

We didn't travel to exotic locales this year but we did:

Read books and cuddle...

…play with cool stuff like kleenex... 

(BTW, this is what passes for a snow storm in sunny Southern California.  Well, this or someone spilling the cocaine at a party).

…and throw Noah a pretty awesome first birthday party.

(I promise a lengthy post with all the deets soon)

I would say that Noah's inaugural Holiday Season was certainly fantastic.  And now that I'm done patting myself on the back I'm going to go pour myself another cup of coffee, because all the festivity wore Mamma out.